Scientists and engineers research new technologies in the world’s largest salt water tank.

BSEE works with offshore industries, academia, scientists, government agencies, and citizens to protect the offshore environment and keep workers safe.

Loading up a 600-ton capping stack to test deepwater oil spill containment technologies.

Safety at all levels at all times: BSEE works to promote safety, protect the environment, and conserve resources offshore through vigorous regulatory oversight and enforcement.

BSEE offshore operators are required to plan and practice oil spill containment capabilities.

Strengthened BSEE regulatory requirements are helping to ensure that the United States can safely and responsibly expand development of its offshore energy resources.

A senior geologist examines rock formations on the California beach where natural oil seeps have occurred for centuries.

BSEE professionals include scientists, geophysicists, petroleum, civil & electrical engineers, among others. BSEE enforces safety and environmental protection on the 1.7 billion-acre Outer Continental Shelf.

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May 8, 2013- Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Acting Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management & BOEM Director Tommy Beaudreau and BSEE Director Jim Watson attended the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas today.

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May 6, 2013- The deepwater containment exercise continued today as the unified command worked to attach the capping stack and conduct procedures to pressurize it.

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May 5, 2013- Today, the Unified command is keeping a close watch on the deepwater containment drill that is testing Noble Energy’s ability to contain a simulated spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The most critical piece of equipment in this exercise is Helix Well Control Group’s capping stack.

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